CONSENT TO TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CIVIL CASE BEFORE MAGISTRATE

JUDGES

Consent. (a) Upon written consent of the parties, a full time Magistrate Judge for the District of Wyoming may conduct any or all proceedings in any civil case which is filed in this Court [28 U.S.C. § 636]. A form of consent is available on the Court’s website: https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/forms. Random Case Assignments.

(b) The Court will randomly assign civil cases to a full-time magistrate judge as the trial judge to preside over all non-dispositive and dispositive motions, evidentiary hearings and trial. These random assignments will exclude prisoner cases, cases seeking injunctive relief and social security/bankruptcy appeals. The Court will determine the percentage of civil cases to be assigned to each magistrate judge. In those civil cases fully assigned to a magistrate judge, each party shall execute and mail/email to the Clerk’s Office within fourteen (14) days from the filing of an answer or other responsive filing (i.e., a motion to dismiss) either a written consent to the exercise of authority by the full-time magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), or a written election to have the action reassigned to a district judge.

54 January 2022